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LEACH v. COM.

No. 61 MAP 2015.

141 A.3d 426 (2016)

Daylin LEACH, Minority Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Senator Representing the 17th Senatorial District, Vincent J. Hughes, Senator Representing the 7th Senatorial District, Lawrence M. Farnese, Senator Representing the 1st Senatorial District, Cherelle L. Parker, Representative for the 200th House District, Edward C. Gainey, Representative for the 24th House District, The City of Philadelphia, The City of Pittsburgh, and the City of Lancaster v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Mike Turzai, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Joseph B. Scarnati, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Michael J. Stack, III, Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Tom Wolf, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Appeal of Mike Turzai, Speaker of the House of Representatives and Joseph B. Scarnati, President Pro Tempore of the Senate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 20, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua M. Aurty, Esq. , for City of Harrisburg, Amicus Curiae.

Paige Hennessey Forster, Esq. , Reed Smith, L.L.P., Richard Lee Heppner, Esq. , Kim M. Watterson, Esq. , Pittsburgh, for Pennsylvania Coaltion of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Amicus Curiae.

Britain Richard Henry, Esq. , McNelly and Goldstein LLC, for Firearm Owners Against Crime, Amicus Curiae, and The National Rifle Association of America, Amicus Curiae.

Jonathan Robert King, Esq. , Kathy E. Ochroch, Esq. , Blank Rome LLP, Philadelphia, for CeaseFirePA, Amicus Curiae.

James Patrick Hickey III, Esq. , Michael Vincent Puppio Jr., Esq. , Media, Nicholas Michael Orloff, Esq. , Raffaele & Puppio, L.L.P., for Mike Turzai and Joseph B. Scarnati.

Martin Jay Black, Esq. , Robert Louis Masterson, Esq. , Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, for D. Leach, V. Hughes, L. Farnese, C. Parker, E. Gainey, City of PGH, City of Lancaster.

Eleonor N. Ewing, Esq. , Richard Gerson Feder, Esq. , City of Philadelphia Law Department, Philadelphia, for City of Philadelphia.

SAYLOR, C.J., EAKIN, BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, JJ.

OPINION

This direct appeal involves a challenge to the regularity of the enactment of Act 192 of 2014. Our disposition centers on the challengers' contention that the legislation violates the single-subject rule of Article III, Section 3 of the Pennsylvania Constitution.

Act 192 began as House Bill 80 ("HB...

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